The doorway to Camp Delta the place detainees from the U.S. battle in Afghanistan stay is proven April 7, 2004, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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The doorway to Camp Delta the place detainees from the U.S. battle in Afghanistan stay is proven April 7, 2004, in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
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Saifullah Paracha, a 75-year-old man from Pakistan who was held within the U.S. navy jail at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, with out cost for 18 years, has returned house, the Division of Protection introduced on Saturday.
In 2003, Paracha a former businessman and TV producer, was arrested by U.S. authorities on suspicion of affiliation with al-Qaida. Final 12 months, Guantánamo’s Periodic Evaluation Board decided that Paracha was now not a major risk to the U.S.
On Saturday, Pakistan’s International Ministry confirmed Paracha’s arrival, including that it was glad to see him “lastly reunited along with his household.”
Paracha is at the least the fourth one who has been launched from Guantánamo this 12 months. It’s a part of President Biden’s efforts to scale back the inhabitants of detainees at Guantánamo and finally shut the power.
With Paracha’s return house, 35 detainees stay at Guantánamo Bay, in keeping with the Division of Protection. Twenty are eligible for switch and three are eligible for a overview board. 9 others are concerned within the navy fee course of and three detainees have been convicted.
